1862. Jackson's Valley Campaign, March-June.

1862. Battle of Seven Pines, May 31-June 1.

1862. General Lee made commander of the Army of Northern Vir

ginia in June.

1862. The Seven Days' battle around Richmond, June 25-July 1.

1862. Second battle of Manassas, August 29-30.

1862. Harper's Ferry captured by Jackson, September 15.

1862. General Lee invaded Maryland in September.

1862. Battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam, September 17. 1862. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13.

1863. Emancipation Proclamation, January 1. 1863. Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-3. 1863. Death of Stonewall Jackson, May 10.

1863. West Virginia admitted into the Union, June 20. 1863. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3.

1864. Battles of the Wilderness, May 5-6.

1864. Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 8-12. 1864. Battle of New Market, May 15.

1864. Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3.

1864. Siege of Petersburg begun, June 15.

1864. Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by Early in July.

1864. Mine explosion at Petersburg and battle of the Crater, July 30.

1865. Richmond evacuated, April 2.

1865. General Lee surrendered, April 9.

1865. Provisional government established in Virginia, May 9.

1865. Assassination of President Lincoln, April 14.

1865. President Davis taken prisoner, May 10.

1865. Slavery abolished in the United States.

1866. Memorial Day instituted.

1867. Reconstruction Acts passed by Congress.

1870. Virginia readmitted into the Union.

1870. The Capitol disaster.

1870. Public school system established.

1870. Death of General Robert E. Lee.

1881. Yorktown Centennial.

1892. State debt adjusted.

1893. World's Columbian Exposition, May-October.

1898. Launching of the battle ships Kearsarge and Kentucky at New

port News, March 25.

APPENDIX

COLONIAL GOVERNORS

FROM SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA TILL REVOLUTION

1607. Edward Maria Wing-| 25. 1677. Herbert Jeffries (Lt.

I. Patrick Henry, elected 1776, Patriot or Whig. Born, Hanover County, April 2, 1736. Died, Charlotte County, June 6, 1799,

aged 63.

2. Thomas Jefferson, elected County, April 2, 1743.

3. Thomas Nelson, elected December 26, 1738. aged 51.

Aged 83.

1779, Patriot or Whig. Born, Albemarle Died July 4, 1826. 1781, Patriot or Whig. Born, Yorktown, Died, Hanover County, January 4, 1789,

4. Benjamin Harrison, elected 1781, Patriot or Whig. Born at Charles

5. Patrick Henry, elected 1784, Patriot or Whig. Born, Hanover County, April 2, 1736. Died, Charlotte County, June 6, 1799, aged 63.

6. Edmund Randolph, elected burg, August 10, 1753.

1813, aged 60.

7. Beverly Randolph, elected County,

aged 43.

1786, Patriot or Whig. Born, Williams

Died, Clarke County, September 13,

1788, Patriot or Whig. Born, Henrico -, 1754. Died, Cumberland County, -, 1797,

8. Henry Lee, elected 1791, Republican. Born, Westmoreland County, January 29, 1756. Died, Cumberland Island, Ga., March 25, 1818, aged 62.

9. Robert Brooke, elected 1794, Republican. Born, Spottsylvania

10. James Wood, elected 1796, Republican. Born, Frederick County, -, 1750. Died, Richmond, July 16, 1813, aged 63.

II. James Monroe, elected 1799, Republican. Born, Westmoreland County, April 28, 1758. Died, New York, N. Y., July 4, 1831, aged 73.

12. John Page, elected 1802, Republican. Born, Gloucester County, April 17, 1744. Died, Richmond, October 11, 1808, aged 64. 13. William H. Cabell, elected 1805, Republican. Born, Cumberland County, December 16, 1772. Died, Richmond, June 17, 1853, aged 81.

14. John Tyler, elected 1808, Republican. Born, Williamsburg,

1748. Died, Charles City County, January 6, 1813, aged 65. 15. James Monroe, elected 1811. Born, Westmoreland County, April 28, 1758. Died, New York City, July 4, 1831, aged 73.

16. George W. Smith, elected 1811, Republican. Born, Essex County, —, 1762. Died, Richmond, December 26, 1811, aged 49. 17. James Barbour, elected 1812, Republican. Born, Orange County, June 10, 1775. Died, Orange County, June 8, 1842, aged 67. 18. Wilson C. Nicholas, elected 1814, Republican. Born, Hanover County, , 1757. Died, Milton, October 10, 1820, aged 63. 19. James P. Preston, elected 1816, Republican. Born, Montgomery 1774. Died, Isle of Wight County, May 4, 1843,

County,
aged 69.

20. Thomas M. Randolph, elected 1819, Republican.

Born, Tuckahoe,

October 1, 1768. Died, Charlottesville, June 20, 1828, aged 60. 21. James Pleasants, elected 1822, Republican. Born, Goochland County, October 24, 1769. Died, Goochland County, November 9, 1839, aged 70.

22. John Tyler, elected 1825, Republican. Born, Charles City County, March 29, 1790. Died, Richmond, January 18, 1862, aged 72. 23. William B. Giles, elected 1827, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Amelia County, August 12, 1762. Died, Albemarle County, December 4, 1830, aged 68.

24. John Floyd, elected 1830, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Jefferson County, Ky., April 24, 1783. Died, Sweet Springs, August 16, 1837, aged 54.

25. L. W. Tazewell, elected 1834, State-Rights Whig. Born, Williamsburg, December 17, 1774. Died, Norfolk, March 6, 1860, aged 86.

26. Wyndham Robertson, elected 1836, State-Rights Whig. Born, Manchester, January 26, 1803. Died, Washington County, Feb

ruary 11, 1888, aged 85.

27. David Campbell, elected 1837, Democrat.

County, August 2, 1779.

aged 80.

Born, Washington

Died, Abingdon, March 19, 1859,

28. Thomas W. Gilmer, elected 1840, State-Rights Whig. Born, Albemarle County, April 6, 1802. Died, Richmond, February 28, 1844, aged 42.

29. John M. Patton, elected 1841, State-Rights Whig. Born, Fredericksburg, August 10, 1797. Died, Richmond, October 28, 1858, aged 61.

30. John Rutherford, elected 1841, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Richmond city, December 6, 1792. Died, Richmond, July – 1866, aged 74.

31. John M. Gregory, elected 1842, State-Rights Whig. Born, Charles City County, July 8, 1804. Died, Richmond, April 9, 1884, aged 80.

32. James McDowell, elected 1843, Democrat. Born, Rockbridge County, October 12, 1796. Died, Rockbridge County, August 24, 1851, aged 55.

33. William Smith, elected 1846, State-Rights Democrat. Born, King George County, September 6, 1796. Died, Warrenton, May 18, 1887, aged 91.

34. John B. Floyd, elected 1849, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Blacksburg, June 1, 1807. Died, Abingdon, August 26, 1863, aged 56.

35. Joseph Johnson, elected 1852, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Orange County, N. Y., December 19, 1785. Died, Bridgeport,

W. Va., February 27, 1877, aged 92.

36. Henry A. Wise, elected 1856, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Accomac County, December 3, 1806. Died, Richmond, September 12, 1876, aged 70.

37. John Letcher, elected 1860, State-Rights Democrat. Born, Lexington, March 29, 1813. Died, Lexington, January 26, 1884, aged 71.

38. William Smith, elected 1864, State-Rights Democrat. Born, King George County, September 6, 1796. Died, Warrenton, May 18, 1887, aged 91.